Kiddushin 39A

ניתני או: ״זה וזה יורד ולוקח״, או: ״זה וזה יורד ולוקט״! האמר ליה שמואל לרב ענן: תני או: ״זה וזה יורד ולוקח״ או: ״זה וזה יורד ולוקט״. מר בריה דרבנא מתני ליה לקולא: ״זה וזה יורד ולוקט, ובלבד שלא ילקוט ביד״.

let the Mishnah teach in the same manner in both cases, either by stating in both this case and that case that one may go down and purchase the produce, or by stating in both this case and that case that one may go down and gather the produce. The Talmud answers: Didn’t Shmuel say to Rav Anan that one should teach it either as stating in both this case and that case that one may go down and purchase the produce, or in both this case and that case that one may go down and gather the produce? Mar, son of Rabbana, taught this Mishnah according to the following lenient version: In both this case and that case one may go down and gather the produce, provided that he does not gather it with his own hand.

אמר ליה לוי לשמואל: אריוך, ספק לי, ואנא איכול. רב אויא ורבה בר רב חנן מספקו ספוקי להדדי. אמרי חריפי דפומבדיתא: אין ערלה בחוצה לארץ.

§ With regard to the prohibition of orla outside of Eretz Yisrael, the Talmud relates that Levi said to Shmuel: Aryokh, Shmuel’s nickname, supply me with such food, as I will not pick it on my own, and if you do so I will eat it. There is no reason for concern with regard to orla outside of Eretz Yisrael. Rav Avya and Rabba bar Rav Ḥanan would supply produce whose orla status was uncertain for each other, as it is forbidden only if one takes the orla on his own. The sharp rabbis of Pumbedita said: The prohibition of orla does not apply at all outside of Eretz Yisrael.

שלחה רב יהודה לקמיה דרבי יוחנן. שלח ליה: סתום ספיקה, ואבד ודאה, והכרז על פירותיהן שטעונים גניזה. וכל האומר אין ערלה בחוצה לארץ ⁠– לא יהא לו נין ונכד, ״משליך חבל בגורל בקהל ה׳״.

Rav Yehuda sent a question to R' Yoḥanan concerning the halakha with regard to orla outside of Eretz Yisrael. R' Yoḥanan sent him the following response: Conceal, i.e., do not publicize, the halakha that produce whose orla status is uncertain is permitted; and destroy, i.e., prohibit entirely, produce whose orla status is certain; and with regard to the produce of those who are lenient in this halakha, declare that it requires interment, as it is prohibited to derive benefit from such produce. And whoever says that there is no prohibition of orla outside of Eretz Yisrael will have neither a child nor a grandchild “who should cast the line by lot in the congregation of YHWH” (Micah 2:5).